Plan of the City and Fortress of LOUISBOURG Surrendered to his Britanick Majesty by Capitulation the 17 June 1745. to Lieut. Genl. Pepperel and Commodore Warren after 55 Days Blockade and 42 days open Trenches

Bastide, John Henry, approximately 1700-1770

George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

Pepperrell, William, Sir, 1696-1759

Warren, Peter, Sir, 1703-1752

1745

Drawn on the spot by J°n. Henry Bastide Engineer in Ordinary.

Scale approximately 1:5,800

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1745--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Louisbourg (N.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

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1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; 44 x 56 cm

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• Relief is shown pictorially on the map.
• "References for the Attacks" appear as a lettered key (a-h) and upper left.
• The scale appears in a surround at lower left where 2 5/8 inch is equal to 200 toises or Fathoms. A note adds "French scale Answering to near 500 feet to an Inch".
• Shows batteries, trenches and magazines.
• Titled 'A drawn plan of the City and Fortress of Louisbourg, by I. H. Bastide, Engr.' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
• Titled 'A plan of the city and fortress of Louisbourg, "surrendered to H.B.M. by capitulation, the 17th June, 1745; to Lt.-Gen. Pepperel and Commodore Warren, after 55 days' blockade and 42 days open trenches; drawn on the spot by John Henry Bastide, engineer in ordinary," on a scale of 80 toises to an inch: 1 f. 10 in. x 1 f. 5 in.' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans , and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.